Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 450E

450E Duty of police officer who seizes an animal connected with a charge

(1) A police officer who seizes an animal connected with a charge—

(a) must as soon as reasonably practicable after the seizure cause an adequate prescribed record of the animal to be made; and

(b) if an adequate prescribed record of the animal is caused to be made by the police officer or is otherwise available to a police officer, may cause the animal to be returned to its owner if the defendant does not object to its return.

(2) However, subsection (1) (a) does not apply if an adequate prescribed record of the animal is already available to a police officer.